[Smiley takes the communicator from Kay and scrolls through the transcript as he picks idly at his food. There's not much in the way of a reaction, for the most part, but as the "technician's" story appears to slowly break down, a ghost of a smile twitches at the corner of his mouth.]

What a remarkably well-connected and opinionated person our technician appears to be in his native world. [A beat.] A highly developed sense of taste?